English Explanatory Dictionary

dung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Manure; animal excrement.
  2. A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
  3. A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day.
verb
  1. To fertilize with dung.
  2. To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.
  3. To release dung: to defecate.
verb
  1. past participle of ding
verb
  1. To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.
intj
  1. Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”).
name
  1. A female given name from Vietnamese.
name
  1. A male given name from Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

/ˈdʌŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dung.wav En-us-dung.ogg /dʊŋ/ /dʊŋɡ/

Word forms

dung dungs dunging dunged Dzung Yung

Etymology

From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).

Synonyms

defecate

Related words

dung tag

Derived words

bedung bulldung cowdung cow-dung cow dung devil's dung dingle dingy dungball dung beetle dunger dung fly dungfly dung fork dungfork dung funnel dung heap dungheap dunghill dunghole dung-hunter dunglike dungmere dungmixen dung moss dungstead dungy dungyard horsedung tumbledung
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